Welcome to the Hooniverse News! As always, this is a weekly recap of some of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or bull. There’s also just a little opinion of mine because I can. This week:

The Corvette ZR1 returns

Singer unveils stunning 964 with help of Williams

Dallara’s new Stradale is a true purist’s car

Aston Martin confirms track-only Valkyrie is coming

Tesla surprises with crazy promises for new Roadster, returning in 2020

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Welcome to the Hooniverse News! As always, this is a weekly recap of some of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or bull. There’s also just a little opinion of mine because I can. This week:

BMW adds track-ready CS package to M3

Lotus makes another “most extreme Exige ever” again

Nissan’s GT-R Pure has only the essentials and is under $100k again

Panoz is selling a DeltaWing race car for the first time

Other coverage from the week

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Welcome to the Hooniverse News! As always, this is a weekly recap of some of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or bull. There’s also just a little opinion of mine because I can. This week:

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Like a city skyline, a corner of open sky, or a BMW X2, motorsports just gets prettier when the sun goes down. Night racing, especially on a dimly-lit track like Le Mans or Road Atlanta, is a daunting challenge for drivers and teams but a unique and spectacular experience for fans who are resilient enough to stay awake for it.

Even when the sun isn’t around to light up today’s beautiful race cars, you somehow manage to see more when the moon takes over. You see brake rotors glowing so bright you can almost feel the heat, showers of sparks dance all over the track, and glimpses of blue and orange pops of burning exhaust gases if you get lucky. Cars can only be designated by their headlights and taillights or by the sound they make, but in IMSA many cars have additional LED strips on them that help with that too.

All of the things I just mentioned can still be visible during the day, but it all becomes the center of attention at night. There’s no other word to describe night racing other than spectacular.

For relatively new photographers like me, it’s also a challenge. I lugged my camera and tripod to last month’s night practice session before the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta and tried capturing what I could. I aimed at turn five (at the end of The Esses) and cranked my shutter speed to six seconds to see what would happen. I think what I captured kind of demonstrates what makes night racing as beautiful as it is. You don’t see any car’s defining features or battles for position, just light. Light cutting through the darkness.

Welcome to the Hooniverse News! As always, this is a weekly recap of some of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or bull. There’s also just a little opinion of mine because I can. This week:

Subaru’s Viziv concept might preview the new WRX, maybe

Honda reveals new Sports EV concept that probably won’t get built

What’s your automotive news?

Welcome to the Hooniverse News! As always, this is a weekly recap of some of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or bull. There’s also just a little opinion of mine because I can. This week:

Volvo’s Polestar finally reveals their very own performance hybrid

Audi debuts new A7 Sportback

Porsche now offering GTS packages on 718 Cayman/Boxster

Audi’s dumb new naming system is not coming to America

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Hi. On a normal week this time slot is filled with a hastily-written recap of the week’s automotive news. Sadly, this is not a normal week for your friendly internet news editor. I started a new job which, at least for now, has made all my free time disappear. That was made worse by the fact that… uh, not much happened that was worth talking about.

Things should stabilize again next week, but in the meantime sound off with any updates you want to share with your fellow hoons. Doesn’t matter if you saw anything, fixed something, broke everything (we especially wanna hear about that), or otherwise did anything even remotely car related – it belongs here.

Welcome to the Hooniverse News! As always, this is a weekly recap of some of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or bull. There’s also just a little opinion of mine because I can. This week:

Range Rover Sport gets new refinements and plug-in hybrid option

Nissan reveals Nismo LEAF concept for the sporty EV buyer

Koenigsegg sets new 0-400-0 km/h record with Agera RS

Barrett-Jackson auctioning GT500 Super Snake for Las Vegas responders

What’s your automotive news?

United BMW is looking for a new technician, preferably one with good experience and mechanical knowledge, is good with kids, and can tell the difference between a BMW roundel and a Mercedes-Benz three-pointed star. I promise this is real.

Welcome to the Hooniverse News! As always, this is a weekly recap of some of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or bull. There’s also just a little opinion of mine because I can. This week: